Post by Kiwi Frontline on Feb 12, 2018 17:34:20 GMT 12
HIGH COURT DISMISSES CASE THAT CONTROVERSIAL STUFF CARTOONS BREACHED HUMAN RIGHTS ACT
The High Court in Auckland has found Stuff did not breach the Human Rights Act in publishing two "provocative" cartoons in 2013.
Labour MP for Manurewa Louisa Wall claimed the two cartoons published by Fairfax NZ, now Stuff, in The Press and The Marlborough Express depicted Māori and Pacific people negatively and were a breach of human rights.
She appealed a 2014 decision by the Human Rights Review Tribunal, which had rejected her complaint that the cartoons were "insulting and ignorant put-downs" of Māori and Pacific people.
In a decision released on Monday, the High Court rejected the appeal.....
www.stuff.co.nz/national/101363704/high-court-dismisses-case-that-controversial-stuff-cartoons-breached-human-rights-act
The High Court in Auckland has found Stuff did not breach the Human Rights Act in publishing two "provocative" cartoons in 2013.
Labour MP for Manurewa Louisa Wall claimed the two cartoons published by Fairfax NZ, now Stuff, in The Press and The Marlborough Express depicted Māori and Pacific people negatively and were a breach of human rights.
She appealed a 2014 decision by the Human Rights Review Tribunal, which had rejected her complaint that the cartoons were "insulting and ignorant put-downs" of Māori and Pacific people.
In a decision released on Monday, the High Court rejected the appeal.....
www.stuff.co.nz/national/101363704/high-court-dismisses-case-that-controversial-stuff-cartoons-breached-human-rights-act